Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) will give the Democrats’ response to President Donald Trump’s March 4 address to a joint session of Congress. “BIG: I’m announcing @SenatorSlotkin will deliver our Democratic response to Trump’s Joint Address. Nothing short of a rising star in our party—she’s dedicated her life to our country. She will lay out the
Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the acting administrator for USAID, has said the agency will likely face reorganization. The Trump administration says it is eliminating more than 90 percent of foreign aid contracts and grants with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). In all, the administration said it will eliminate 5,800 of 6,200
Three nominees testified to a Senate panel. Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee on Feb. 26 grilled several individuals poised to take top positions in the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on whether officials should always obey court rulings. “It would be too case specific for me to say, to make a blanket statement about
The mob of Columbia University and Barnard College students who stormed a Barnard building Wednesday afternoon appear to have gotten off scot-free. The radicals were allowed to leave peacefully after missing their first deadline to leave and being promised that they’d be protected from the police. Video footage shows droves of keffiyeh-clad student radicals shoving
Rubio called on Chinese authorities to ‘provide full access to verify the well-being of the returned Uyghurs on a regular basis.’ WASHINGTON—Thailand’s deportation of dozens of Uyghurs to China has stirred alarm in Washington, with the State Department and lawmakers raising concerns that the Uyghurs face possible persecution and torture. The group of 40 Uyghurs
‘I don’t think we’re looking for purity anymore,’ one Dem strategist said Andrew Cuomo (Drew Angerer/Getty Images), Jamal Simmons (John Lamparski/Getty Images for Advertising Week New York) Jamal Simmons, who served as communications director for former vice president Kamala Harris, is now pitching disgraced ex-New York governor Andrew Cuomo as a top Democratic contender for
The individuals who leaked information about immigration enforcement operations have been identified and face termination, according to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem. “I have found some leakers,” Noem said. “We are continuing to get more. They will be fired and there will be consequences.” Noem said that her agency used “every tactic”